He Xianghong easily breaks the Asian record [National Race Walking Grand Prix News]
Guangzhou Daily News (all-media reporter Bai Zhibiao) The 2023 National Race Walking Grand Prix (first stop) and the World Championships and Asian Games Trials kicked off in Huangshan City yesterday. He Xianghong, who broke the national record for the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the Eugene World Championships last year, once again achieved good results, breaking the Japanese Asian record of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 15 seconds with a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds.
In the women's 35km final, Bai Xueying of the Shaanxi team overtook sister Qieyang Shi to win the championship at the last moment, becoming the biggest "dark horse" in today's competition.
This event will start at the same time for men and women, hoping to use male players to drive female players to achieve better results. The event is also a trial for this year's World Athletics Championships in Budapest and the Hangzhou Asian Games.
According to the regulations of the Chinese Athletic Association, the selection of race walking players for the World Championships will be selected from two trials, that is, the domestic competition is the race walking grand prix, and the foreign competition is the world track and field race walking tour held in Dudink, Slovakia on March 25. In the race (men's and women's 35 kilometers), the players of the World Championships will be selected from the players of the two races; the players of the Asian Games will be directly selected from the players of the World Championships.
Among the contestants in the men's 35km race walk final, He Xianghong, who set a new national record in the World Championships last year, is undoubtedly the biggest favorite to win the championship.
In the men's 35-kilometer race walk at the World Championships last year, although He Xianghong finished fifth, he set a new national record with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes and 45 seconds.
After the start of the game, He Xianghong showed a good competitive state and soon took the lead.
At the moment of crossing the line, the result was fixed at 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds, breaking the original Asian record of 2 hours, 23 minutes and 15 seconds.
He Xianghong's time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds also surpassed the performance of last year's world championship champion.
Historically, the world's best men's 35-kilometer race walk was 2 hours, 21 minutes and 31 seconds in 2006 by Russian player Kanaykin, but the event was not an official event at that time.
He Xianghong's result is second only to Kanaikin, ranking second in history, and it is the world's best result after the 35-kilometer race walk was confirmed as an official competition event.
"Guangzhou Daily" March 5, 2023, page A12